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unchanciest

unchanciest is the superlative form of unchancy.

Meaning of unchancy

Adjective

unchancy (comparative more unchancy, superlative most unchancy)

  1. (Scotland) Unfortunate, unlucky.
  2. (Scotland) Dangerous, unsafe.
    • the Kinraddies sat them quiet and decent and peaceable in their castle, and heeded never a fig the arguings of folk, for wars were unchancy things.1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song

Questions about unchanciest

What is unchanciest the superlative form of?
Unchanciest is the superlative form of unchancy.

Words near unchanciest in the dictionary

  1. unchambers
  2. unchamfered
  3. unchampioned
  4. unchance
  5. unchanced
  6. unchanciest
  7. unchancy
  8. unchange
  9. unchangeabilities
  10. unchangeability
  11. unchangeable

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